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Computer Crayons
Polarware has announced the release of
Holidays and Seasons, the latest in the
Electric Crayon Computer Coloring
Book series. This Deluxe version is
available for Apple and IBM computers.
The program includes 30 line
drawings inspired by major holidays
and the seasons. You can point and
click on the color palette and then click
in an area to be filled. The Apple ver
sion has 256 colors, and the IBM ver
sion has 16.
Each program in the Deluxe series
makes custom banners, calendars, and
posters. You can design banners with
colored pictures printed at each end
and personal messages in the middle.
Posters can be made with custom mes
sages printed below artwork. You can
also add art to wall calendars. The
package includes 64 four-color stickers
to mark special occasions.
Holidays and Seasons has a sug
gested retail price of $29.95.
Polarware, 1055 Paramount Pkwy.,
SuiteA,Batavia,IL60510
Circle Reader Service Number 200.
Four Adventures in One
Free Spirit Software has released
Mojfatt 's Adventure Disk #2, a collec
tion of four text adventures for the
Commodore 64.
In the first game. Temporal, the
player's charac is hit in the head with
a brick, sending him into a surrealistic
world. The object of the game is to re
turn to reality.
An old western town is the setting
for West, the second text adventure.
The player controls a character that ar
rives as a stranger in town. The sheriff
deputizes the character and then directs
him to capture the evil Black Bart.
In Death Valley, the player's char
acter is stranded in the desert without
food or water. Using survival tech
niques, the player must return to
civilization.
A group of spies have set up head
quarters on a remote island in The
Lighthouse, the fourth adventure on the
36 C O M P U T E I
disk. The player must complete a mis
sion to capture them.
The suggested retail price for
Moffati 's Adventure Disk #2 is $ 19.95.
Free Spirit Software, 905 W. Hillgrove,
Suite 6, La Grange, IL 60525
Circle Reader Service Number 201.
Commodore Gallops into
PC Market
Commodore Business Machines has in
troduced an IBM PC XT-compatible
system called the Commodore Colt.
This expandable personal computer
comes bundled with a custom version
of Micropro's WordStar/Colt, a word
processing program.
The Colt features an 8088 micro
processor, 640K of RAM. and two 5'/»-
inch floppy drives. The computer comes
with built-in graphics adapters, video
and mouse interfaces, and parallel and
serial ports. A full-size keyboard is also
included. In addition to WordStar/Colt,
the computer comes with MS-DOS 3.2
and GW-BASIC.
The Colt is Commodore's first IBM PC
XT-compatible system.
The Colt also has three full-length.
PC XT-compatible slots for hardware
expansion. The Colt features an 8087
math coprocessor socket and enough
space and power to accommodate an in
ternally mounted hard disk drive. The
built-in autoconfiguration BIOS auto
matically recognizes installed add-ons.
The Commodore Colt is available
from mass-merchandise outlets at a
suggested retail price of $899.95.
Commodore Business Machines,
1200 Wilson Dr., West Chester, PA
19380
Circle Reader Service Number 202.
Hi Tech Extends
Sesame Street
Hi Tech Expressions has released sever
al new titles in its Sesame Street line of
educational software for preschoolers.
The Sesame Street Print Kit is a
print program featuring the Sesame
Street characters. You can design and
print cards, signs, storybooks, invita
tions, and banners. Features include a
line-by-line text editor and seven type
faces in three sizes with boldface, italics,
shadow, and outline effects. Graphics
from Hi Tech's Print Power are compati
ble with the Sesame Street Print Kit and
provide more printing options.
The program is available on IBM/
Apple and Commodore/Atari flip disks
and has a suggested retail price of
$14.95.
Volumes 1 and 2 of the Sesame
Street Learning Library contain three
Sesame Street educational software ti
tles currently published by Hi Tech.
Volume 1 features Astro Grover, Ernie's
Magic Shapes, and Big Bird's Special
Delivery. The programs in volume 2
include Grover's Animal Adventures,
Ernie's Big Splash, and Pals Around
Town. Included with each volume is a
12-page Learning Guide for parents and
teachers that contains the follow-up
activities.
Both volumes are available for the
Commodore 64 and for the IBM PC and
compatibles. Volume 1 is also offered
for the Apple II series. Each volume has
a suggested retail price of $24.95.
Hi Tech also has released Ernie's
Magic Shapes and Big Bird's Special
Delivery separately for the Apple II se
ries. The two programs require at least
128K and have a suggested retail price